Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

American statesman

Lived from: 1858 - 1919

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 27 october 1858 Died: 6 january 1919

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  • Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
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  • Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
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  • One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ''weasel word'' after another there is nothing left of the other.
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  • Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.
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  • Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping.
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  • People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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  • Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
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  • Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
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  • Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
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  • Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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  • The American people abhor a vacuum.
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  • The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
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  • The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
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  • The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.
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  • The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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  • The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything
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  • The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.
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  • The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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  • The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice.
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  • The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.
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